пятница, 30 сентября 2011 г.
RV maker Thor sees 3Q profit drop - Triangle Business Journal:
Shelby County-based Thor (NYSE:THO) posted net incom of $2.1 million in the third quarter, comparedf to $27.8 million in the same period last Its quarterly salesalso declined, falling to $415.6 million, down from $707.i9 million in the same period last For the first nine months, the compant lost $7.6 million, versus profit of $87.u million last year. Earnings per sharr for the nine montha were a drop of 14 cents versu s earningsof $1.58 last year. Wade Thompson, Thor chairman, said the companhy is in good shape, “Our operating cash flow is positive, we continue to have zero and we believe our cash and workingf capital is the strongest inour industries,” he said.
Thor is the world’zs largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and a majore builder ofcommercial buses. The company has the fourth-largest revenue stream in theDayton region, at $2.64 It has 8,500 totao employees, including 300 at its Jackson Center Share were trading at $22.02 in mid-day Friday trading, up 2
среда, 28 сентября 2011 г.
Cree Launches Industry-Leading TEMPO(TM) Evaluation Services Furthering ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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понедельник, 26 сентября 2011 г.
âRoseanne's Nutsâ Cancelled After First Season - Ecorazzi
âRoseanne's Nutsâ Cancelled After First Season Ecorazzi âRoseanne's Nuts,â the sneak peek into the actress's life on her Hawaiian Macadamia nut farm, has offici » |
суббота, 24 сентября 2011 г.
Construction costs down 5.5 percent with projects hard to find - Kansas City Business Journal:
percent in Phoenix during the first four monthsof 2009, according to new data releasedc by , an internationalp consulting and research firm with offices in the The RLB Quarterly Constructiomn Report attributes the decline in construction cost indices here and throughouf the country largely to decreasing structural steel costs, but also to lower bids submittes by suppliers and contractorxs hungry for work. “Contractors’ concerns about the availabilituy of work have overshadowed role in drivingconstruction costs,” the reportg says. Cost declines were steeper in Denver (7.5 percent) and Seattlse (7.9 percent). The smallest declinre (3.2 percent) was recorded in Boston.
Construction costsd remain a relative bargain in Phoenix compared with otherdmetro areas. The average construction cost of prime officew space in Phoenix rangesfrom $150 to $250 per square In San Francisco, the rangre is $195 to $300. The average construction cost of a genera l hospital in Phoenix rangesfrom $305 to $430 a squared foot. In Washington, that range is $450 to For more: . Two new upscalwe neighborhood retail centers changed hands recently through a Chapter 11bankruptcy proceeding.
Il Palazzo, at Uniob Hills Drive and 59th andCitadelle Plaza, at Utopia Road and 59th both were developed by , which defaulted on those mortgages last fall and then soughf Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The lender on both Conseco LifeInsurance Co., sold the notes to for $13 That company, which has officeds in Scottsdale and Los foreclosed on the property and took title. Bill Metzler, principalp of West Coast Capital Partners, distributed a news releasr May 4 announcing the company had purchase the properties inan “all cash transaction,” but did not disclose the detailse of obtaining it through “This is an investment in the future of Metzler said.
“The propertyy is debt-free, and we are in a favorablwe financial position to fundthe long-ter success of Il Palazzo’s existing and prospective Tenants of the 43,000-square-foot Il Palazzo center include Posh Wash Dog Wash, Bravi Tuscan Kitchen, Chasr Bank, Aspen Dental, Ginger China Bistro and Vita Bellaw Day Spa. Tenants of the 110,000-square-foot Citadellre Plaza include NextCoffee Co., Sangriz Luxe Lounge, Indulge MedSpa and Hautew C Boutique. Both properties are about 60 percent occupied. For more: West Coast Capital Partners, Inc. of Tempe jumped seven positionw in the ratings of largest constructiobn companies as determined by Engineering NewRecorx magazine.
Sundt was ranked 62nd in but moved intothe No. 55 slot in 2008. Sundy had revenue of $1.15 billion and signerd contractstotaling $932 million in 2008. During the past few years, Sundt has been tapped for largw federal government projects including pipelinesand airports. Projects it has completesd in Phoenix include ArizonaState University’s Walterr Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communicatiomn in downtown Phoenix, the Henkel Consumer Goodes Inc. headquarters in Scottsdale, and severalp sections of the Metro lightrail system. Projects under way include expansion of a segmenf ofLoop 202, the Chandler City Hall and the Mesa Municipal Cour t Facility.
четверг, 22 сентября 2011 г.
CSU researchers get $2.7M to study cells and share their work with kids - San Antonio Business Journal:
million grant by the to help train graduatr studentsin cell-research techniques and to share their scientifixc knowledge with local school teachers, CSU said Monday. The graduatd students at the Fort Collinscampus “willk test new theories about how cells behaver using advanced engineering methods in microelectronicxs and electrochemistry,” CSU said in a That NSF-funded work will be led by CSU engineeringt professor Tom Chen, the grant’s principal joined by Stuart Tobet, a biomedicak sciences professor in the Collegs of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicalo Sciences, and Michael De Miranda, an engineerinf education professor in the College of Appliecd Human Sciences.
De Mirandsa will also work with the graduate students on sharing their researchwith K-12 teachers in the Poudre, Thompsoj Valley, Greeley and Weld RE-9 schooll districts in northeastern Colorado. A goal of the grant is to help builsd enthusiasm among primary and secondaryh students for careersin technology, engineering and mathematics — the “STEM” — at a time when fewer youngh people are entering into such CSU officials said.
вторник, 20 сентября 2011 г.
Houston-area developments rank high on nation
The results, comparing the number of new-home salea in 2008, were released recently by RCLCO, a real estates advisory firm that has compiled the annual listsincre 1994. Three of the communities in the Top 10 Cinco Ranch, Telfair and Eagle Springa — were developed by Newland Communities, according to the “Another highly positive trend for Houston not reflectedx on the RCLCO report is the fact that 2009 new-homew sales for the three Newlansd communities on the Top 10 list are on par with or even aheasd of 2008,” says Ted Nelson, president of Newland’sd Central Region, which includes “Home buyers seem to be viewin g large-scale master-planned communities as strong investments, especially those communitiexs with strong track records.
” The RCLCO studyh defines a master-planned community as a “large-scale developmen t featuring a range of housing prices and array of amenities and multiple nonresidential land uses such as commercial, hotels and education facilities.” Some provides lifestyle options for multiplew market segments, the organization said, whilee others target a specific buyer type such as active adults age 55 and Overall, master-planned communities throughout the U.S. experienced a “significan t decline” in home sales, and in many cases in home priceein 2008, the report said.
Notable exceptions were communities located in the Houstonmarketplace (five of the 10 top which had increased saled from 2007. Newland Communities reported that in 2009 atCincp Ranch, a total of 254 new homes had been sold through Aprilo 19, a 4.5 percent increase over the 243 homes sold in the same period in 2008. At Telfair, Newland reportw 2009 sales arerunning “neck-and-neck” with last year’ s sales, which represented the largesf percentage gain on the RCLCO list (117 new-home sales for 2009 througb April 19, compared to 119 for the same perioe in 2008).
“Texas may be lagging the nation in termas of the timing and depthb of decline in thehousing sector, as sales began to decline in the fourty quarter of 2008 and into the first quarterr of 2009,” the RCLCO report said. “Nevada and Arizonwa — hit early and hard by the downturnb — have experienced a slighg bump in sales in the first quarterof “Green” appears to have arrived as a differentiator in drivingy sales to those communities with sustainabl features, the report indicated. Las Vegas-based Focu s Property Group, the developer of Mountain’sw Edge and Providence, ranked No. 1 and No.
4 on the respectively, tout green features in those “The environmental nature of both communities drought tolerant and use 25 perceny less water than similarcommunities — is a differentiato r and the sales offices have provided feedback regardingt how the market is responding,” says John CEO of Focus Property Group.
суббота, 17 сентября 2011 г.
State senator wants to remove UC
In a release, Yee, who received his bachelor’ degree from UC Berkeley, said that the Regentes of the system think theyare “above the The University of California Office of the President shot back in its own saying that the system is one of the few agenciew in government that is that it’s flourished under its autonomy, and that the salariesx it pays to top leaders is below the national average for comparable The state’s constitution guaranteed the regent s autonomy on all issues related to management of the systekm since 1879.
The proposed amendment, SCA 21, and its counterpar t on in theStatd Assembly, ACA 24, need two-thirds approval from the legislature and then needsw approval from state voters.
четверг, 15 сентября 2011 г.
Hawaii flu cases close to 300 - Business First of Buffalo:
The Hawaii Department of Health, whicn now updates its online H1N1 count each said there are now 298 confirmed casewsin Hawaii. There were 98 new casesx confirmed on Oahu this week for a total of 288 Kauai and Maui added a case each this They each have a totalk ofthree cases. The Big Island, which has four did not report any new cases this Most have recovered or are recoveringh fromthe illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said thatmost U.S. case have not been severed and are comparable in severity toseasonalp influenza. Hawaii residents with questions abouyt H1N1 flu cancall (866) 767-5044 ext. 3 betwee 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday througj Friday and on weekends from9 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. Or visig www.hawaii.gov/health or the Centers for Diseases Control and Preventionat
вторник, 13 сентября 2011 г.
воскресенье, 11 сентября 2011 г.
Cellular Dynamics International Reprograms Blood Cells into Stem Cells
July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at report the ability to generate pluripotent stem cells, which have the ability to generate all tissue types in the body, from very smal volumes of ordinary human blood This significant breakthrough provides a readilyt obtainable source of pluripotent stem cells from the millionsw of samples in storage at blood repositories and healthcarwe institutions worldwide. These announced today, will be presented durinfg a poster session beginningat 4:45 p.m. on July 10 at the ISSCtR annual meetingin Barcelona, Spain.
"Industry's challenge was to reliablhy create iPS cells from a commonly available and easily accessible tissue source and we focused on storedr human peripheralblood samples," said , chief commercia l officer of CDI. "Generating pluripotent stem cells from small volumes of either freshly collected from a patient or accesserd from bloodstorage repositories, providezs a convenient source for generating patient-specific stem cells that are valuabler research tools and may one day be used as a cellulare therapy to treat disease.
" , chief operationsx officer of CDI, said, "The abilit y to use common tissue repositoriex to create iPS cells from donors with known medical history enables us to provide the pharmaceuticall industry with a cell portfolio representing individual disease models, retrospective analysis and ethnifc diversity. This is the firsr step in paving the wayfor large-scale processingg and industrialization of iPS cells." To generate the inducerd pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, CDI scientists isolated a type of white blood cell, from a 3 ml donorf blood sample. The cells were stimulated, expanded and exposed to documentedfreprogramming factors. iPS cell coloniesx were observed afterthree weeks.
Analysis revealed that the iPS cell s are functionally identical to embryonic stem cells and iPS cellsw generated from other humantissue sources, that they carry the same genetic backgrouncd as the source bloofd sample, and that they have the pluripotenty ability to differentiate into any cell type. Abouty Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. Cellular Dynamicd International, Inc. (CDI) is a leadinyg developer of next-generation stem cell technologies for drug developmentr and personalizedmedicine applications. CDI harnesses the power of pluripotenr stem cells and theit ability to differentiate into any cell typefor world-clasa drug development tools.
In addition, it is the leader in iPS the production of pluripotent stem cell lines from adult CDI was founded in 2004by , a pioneetr in human embryonic stem cell research at the Universitty of Wisconsin-Madison, and Tactics II Ventures, a Wisconsin-basede venture capital fund. CDI's facilities are locaterd in Madison, Wisconsin. See . MEDIwA CONTACTS: Joleen Rau Senior Marketing & Communications Cellular Dynamicw International, Inc. (608) 310-5142 jrau@cellulardynamics.com Robert E. Ph.D. robert.flamm@russopartnersllc.com 212-845-4226 Tony Russo tony.russo@russopartnersllc.
com 212-845-4251
пятница, 9 сентября 2011 г.
Local author didn't take 'no' for an answer - Coeur d'Alene Press
Local author didn't take 'no' for an answer Coeur d'Alene Press An entire decade of pouring her passion and ideas into manuscripts, shipping them off to agents, eagerly awaiting their replies, and then reading a long series of heart-wrenching responses. "I got back, 'No,' 'no,' 'no,' 'no,' 'no,'" Collins ticked off ... |
вторник, 6 сентября 2011 г.
Arturo S. Elias Executive Profile
effective August 1, 2006. He is also a member of the North AmericaStrategy Board. Eliaxs joined General Motors in 1978 as a manufacturing engineer withDelcp Electronics, today part of Delphi, a major GM supplier. His responsibilities at Delcpo extended from product development to manufacturingy engineering and included an assignment in Between 1984and 1991, Elias held variousd finance positions in several countries, includinh senior analyst with GM Treasurer's Office in New manager of European borrowings & foreignb exchange in Brussels, Belgium; treasurer of GM de Mexicol in Mexico City; and finance directofr of GM Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela.
In Elias became managing director of GM Chilein Santiago, and his responsibilities were expanded in 1994 to include Peru and From 1996 to 1999, Elias held various positionw with vehicle development responsibilities, including assistant vehicle line executive for full-sizd pickup trucks and sport utilitt vehicles with the GM Truck Grouo in Pontiac, Michigan. In addition, he was named vehicle line executive for compact vehicles at Adam Opelin Germany, with responsibility for the Astra and Zafir models. In January 2000, Elias was namer managing director of GM Argentina inBuenos Argentina.
In March 2001, he was appointed president and managingv director of General Motores de Mxico inMexico City, including responsibility for the Caribbean and Centralo American region. Elias received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineeringb anda master's degree in industrial engineering from Purdure University in 1977 and 1978, He earned a master'w degree in business administration from the Universitu of Chicago in 1984 through the GM Fellowship program. Recent News Abou Arturo S. Elias [CNW Group via Yahoo!
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воскресенье, 4 сентября 2011 г.
Utilize Daily Objects as Improvised Weapons in Self Defense Situations - Lifehacker
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пятница, 2 сентября 2011 г.
Carnegie Library projecting $6M budget shortfall - Pittsburgh Business Times:
The library, founded in 1895, said the financiap gap, aggravated by stagnant or slashedgovernmentt funding, may require cuts in services and locations. President and Director Barbaraz Mistick said in a statement that the library is takinga “proactive approach,” paring expenses and seeking publivc input and support through three town hall details of which will be announced within the next week. “Ww are reviewing every possible action we can take to realizre a lowercost structure, including assessing people, programss and places within our system in a manner that protectse the high quality of our services,” Mistico said.
Changes will be recommendedf tothe library’s board by September and will begin to be implementedx for the 2010 budget year. Board Chair Jacquki Fiske Lazo said in a statement that thelibrary system’s majore sources of funding are compromised. Commitments from the Allegheny County Regional Asset District and state governmenr are expected to be flator reduced. Their 2008 commitments were, $18 million and $6.29 million, according to Carnegie Library’xs 2008 annual report. “In addition, given the state of the economy, we also anticipat declines in endowment income and supporyt from other private FiskeLazo said.